WATCH: Youngsters in Kosovo are looking forward to watching the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and hoping that their hero Majlinda Kelmendi will win the country’s second Olympics gold medal in judo
Kelmendi, aged 30, became an inspiration for many in Kosovo, which has suffered years of warfare, when she started to bring back trophies to her hometown.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 and was allowed to participate in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
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